Spittoon



(No Model.

S. BURNISON.

SPITTOON. S

No. 285,566. Patented Sept.-Z5, 1883.

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SIM BURNISON, OF ALGANSEE, MICHIGAN.

SPITTOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,566, dated September 25, 1883.

Application filed July 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIM BURNISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Algansee, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spittoons, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My device relates to cuspidors and it consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in-which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device; and Fig. 2, a section on the line 00 m, Fig. 1.

Spittoons have been made with covers which fit the inside of the spittoon. These have been made, as a rule, just large enough to fit the inside rim 'or edge of the spittoon, and have therefore been liable to removal by the spittoon being upset. Again, spittoons without a removable cover are objectionable, in that the contents cannot be removed'easily and quickly, and they cannot be readily cleaned. My improved spittoon obviates these difficulties. The cover, when in position, is secure, and yet at the same time it can be easily and quickly removed when necessary.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A represents the removable cover, and B the receptacle or spittoon. At or near the central part of the receptacle B, and ata point above the base or bottom, is a projecting lug or ear, 6, one on each side of the spittoon, and

opposite to each other. These lugs are adapted to fit into slots (1 d in the cover A, and operate as follows: When the cover is to be placed on the spittoon and held in place, the slots (1 are brought over the lugs 12 and the cover slipped down until the horizontal slot d is reached, when the cover is turned so as to bring the lug into the slot d, as indicated in Fig. 1. The cover is then held securely in place, and the spittoon may be upset or carried about with- 4 out detaching the cover. In order to remove the cover, the reverse of this operation is gone through with.

A spittoon constructedin this way is cheap able cap or cover A, provided with the slots d d, in which the lugs on the receptacleB are adapted to slide, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. 7

In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIM BURNISON.

lVitnesses:

S. W. DICKINSON, JOHN D. CORNELL. 

